Heller in Pink Tights (1960)
Geïnspireerd op het boek van Louis L’Amour, schrijver van western-bestsellers, wordt in Heller In Pink Tights het verhaal verteld van het reizende gezelschap Healy Dramatic Company. Het is 1880 en een theatergroep op tournee is deels druk op de bühne – en de resterende tijd druk met het uit elkaar houden van ruziezoekende toeschouwers, woedende crediteuren en achterdochtige sheriffs. Wanhopig proberen de leiders van het gezelschap, Angela Rossini (Sophia Loren) en Tom Healy (Anthony Quinn), een flamboyant optreden te bedenken om hun publiek te amuseren. Ze doen dit door het "Wilde" van het Wilde Westen in hun komische optredens te brengen. Deze vrolijke parodie op de western is gemaakt door de legendarische Hollywoodregisseur George Cukor (The Philadelphia Story, A Star Is Born) en heeft een geweldige cast, bestaande uit de sterren Steve Forrest, Eileen Heckart, Edmund Lowe, Margaret O’Brien en Ramon Novarro.
Regiseur:
George Cukor
Schrijvers:
Walter Bernstein, Dudley Nichols.
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Sophia Loren as Angela Rossini |
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Anthony Quinn as Tom Healy |
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Margaret O'Brien as Della Southby |
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Steve Forrest as Clint Mabry |
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Eileen Heckart as Lorna Hathaway |
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Ramon Novarro as De Leon |
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Edmund Lowe as Manfred 'Doc' Montague |
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George Mathews as Sam Pierce |
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Edward Binns as Sheriff Ed McClain |
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Warren Wade as Hodges |
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Frank Silvera as Santis |
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John George as Cheyenne Audience Member |
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Boyd Holister as McAllister |
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Leo V. Matranga as Gunslinger #2 |
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Cal Bolder as Goober |
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Taggart Casey as Gunslinger #1 |
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Howard McNear as Photographer |
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Frank Cordell as Theodore |
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Cactus Mack as William |
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John Benson as Poker Player |
| Directing | George Cukor | Director |
| Writing | Walter Bernstein | Screenplay |
| Writing | Dudley Nichols | Screenplay |
| Writing | Louis L'Amour | Novel |
| Costume & Make-Up | Edith Head | Costume Design |
| Camera | James Grant | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | A. Lindsley Lane | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Harold Lipstein | Director of Photography |
| Sound | John Wilkinson | Sound Recordist |
| Production | Marcello Girosi | Producer |
| Directing | Arthur Rosson | Second Unit Director |
| Production | Carlo Ponti | Producer |
| Art | Grace Gregory | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Daniele Amfitheatrof | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Howard A. Smith | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nellie Manley | Hair Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Wally Westmore | Makeup Supervisor |
| Sound | Winston H. Leverett | Sound Recordist |
| Crew | Polly Burson | Stunt Double |
| Art | Hal Pereira | Art Direction |
| Production | Lewis E. Ciannelli | Associate Producer |
| Art | Sam Comer | Set Decoration |
| Directing | Charles C. Coleman | Assistant Director |
| Art | Gene Allen | Art Direction |